London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

The Fifth Estate, the film based of the WikiLeaks story with Benedict Cumberbatch starring as Julian Assange, has had a stinging review from, er, Julian Assange, who called it “a geriatric snoozefest that only the US government could love”.

The president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) has lead tributes to former Birmingham striker Christian Benitez, who died on Monday morning aged 27 after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest.

The president of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) has led tributes to former Birmingham striker Christian Benitez, who died yesterday morning aged 27 after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest.